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TODAY'S GAME: Tonight, the Buffalo Bisons face the Indianapolis Indians in the first game of a four-game set from Victory Field (7:05 p.m.). The Herd is looking to bounce back from a 1-3 series loss against Louisville to begin this eight-game roadtrip. After the series against Indianapolis, the Bisons return home for a four-game series against Pawtucket, July 28-31.
vs. THE INDIANS: The Bisons are 1-3 against Indianapolis this year after a four-game series in Buffalo, June 6-9. The two teams split the season-series a year ago, 4-4 (each team going 2-2 at home). Buffalo has a .538 winning percentage (49-42) against Indianapolis since returning to the IL in 1998.
GETTIN' FIGGY WIT' IT: RHP Nelson Figueroa had another solid start for the Herd last night despite getting a loss in Louisville. The righty collected his ninth consecutive quality start with three runs allowed, five strikeouts, and no walks in seven innings of work. The veteran has the third-best ERA (2.42) in the IL behind only Carlos Torres (2.20) of Charlotte and Clay Buchholz (2.36) of Pawtucket. Figueroa also has an impressive 85 strikeouts to only 23 walks in 104 innings of work on the season.
KEEPING A HOT BAT: OF Jesus Feliciano has been the best hitter for the Herd all season long. The Bisons slugger has a .327 batting average (34-104) with eight doubles as well as 12RBI in his last 26 games. Feliciano is ninth in the IL in hitting (.308) and fourth in total hits (99). The outfielder also leads the Bisons with 36RBI this year.
NO HITZ SWITZ: LHP Jon Switzer has been one of the Bisons most consistent relievers this season. The southpaw finished the game for the Bisons with a solid eighth inning consisting of a strikeout and no hits or walks allowed. Switzer has a 2.88ERA with 36 strikeouts to only 11 walks on the season.

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Veterans Walk of Honor dedicated in Danbury
DANBURY -- The bricks come in two sizes, and their inscriptions range from a name and a branch of military service to elaborate engravings that include military emblems, unit designations and the medals awarded.
But according to Lee Teicholz, a retired Danbury police officer who came up with the idea for the Veterans Walkway of Honor, untold stories are behind each of the 255 bricks -- stories of honor, courage and sacrifice.
On Sunday afternoon, the Veterans Walk of Honor was dedicated outside the Danbury War Memorial.
Together, the 255 bricks that comprise the walkway, and those added in the future, will serve as a "permanent reminder that freedom is not really free, that it comes with a heavy price," Teicholz said.
Several hundred current and former Danbury residents -- some whose names are inscribed on the 4-inch by 8-inch or 8-inch square bricks, others who bought them to memorialize loved ones who had served in times of war and in times of peace -- attended the ceremony.
"This is a permanent, commemorative walkway to those men and women who answered the call of duty," said state Rep. Jan Geigler, R-Danbury. "Their sacrifice has earned them our lasting gratitude."
Among those honored with bricks were brothers James and Taffy Jowdy, both World War II veterans.
James Jowdy, 89, was a Navy airman in the Pacific theater who survived two plane crashes, while his brother was a sailor whose ship took part in the D-Day invasion of Normandy in 1944 and Iwo Jima in the Pacific a year later.
"It's great to be alive to see it," James Jowdy said as he posed for a photo with his brother.
Eventually, the walkway will feature as many as 2,000 bricks and will be completed in three phases, according to Dan Hayes, director of the War Memorial.
Phil Colla, formerly of Danbury, purchased a brick honoring his grandfather, Phillip J. Colla, who served during World War II.
Colla brought his son, also named Phillip, to the dedication.
"I wanted him to see who he was named after," Colla said.
Brookfield's Amy Fagnani, a former Danbury resident, bought a brick bearing the name of her husband, Vincent, an Army veteran of Operation Desert Storm. His brick was installed adjacent to bricks memorializing her grandfathers, David Abraham and Francis Damici, both of who served in the Army during World War II.
A number of families with several veterans asked that the bricks memorializing their loved ones be grouped together, Teicholz said.
"That was a big job to figure out, but it was fun," he said.
The prices of the bricks range from $100 to $250, depending on the size and the inscription, officials said.
On Sunday, organizers presented checks to several veterans' organizations, including the Wounded Warrior Project, Operation Vet Fit and Help Our Military Heroes.
"These men and women are gifts to us," said Mary Teicholz, who was master of ceremonies.
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Press Release: The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) held its annual general meeting (AGM) in Paris at the Union Française de la Bijouterie, Joaillerie, Orfèvrerie, des Pierres & des Perles (BJOP).
All resolutions proposed at the AGM were passed, the directors' report and the financial statements were accepted, Matt Runci was reelected as RJC's chairman until December 2012, Chikashi Miyamoto of Rosy Blue was elected as RJC's vice chairman and Mark Jenkins of Signet Jewelers was reelected as RJC's secretary. James Suzman, of De Beers Group, retains the office of honorary treasurer.
Additionally, Charles Bonas, Bonas & Co; Philippe Leopold-Metzger, Piaget; Ruth Batson, American Gem Society; Jeffrey Brenner, Jaybee Trading Inc. t/a !Xam Diamonds; Scott Morrison, Metalor; and Yedwa Simelane, AngloGold Ashanti (Australia) were appointed to the board of directors to represent their respective specialty. Those areas of expertice were Diamond Trading; Cutting and Polishing; Retail; Trade Associations; Manufacturers; Gold, platinum metals traders, refiners and/or hedgers, and Producers.
The AGM was followed by a chain of custody update on the implementation for gold and platinum group metals by Charles Chaussepied, Piaget, co-chair of RJC Standards Committee, and Dr. Fiona Solomon, director of standards development at RJC. A report on further consultations with the diamond sector was provided by Derek Palmer, co-chair of diamond chain of custody sub-committee.
Following the chain of custody update, a leadership forum took place on the importance and future of responsible business practices, led by Bernadette Pinet-Cuoq, deputy president, UFBJOP with participants Yedwa Simelane, senior vice president of corporate affairs at AngloGold Ashanti; Alan Grieve, director of corporate affairs at Compagnie Financière Richemont SA; Pilar Cabo Coin, marketing director at Roberto Coin, and Stella Layton, chief executive of Cookson Precious Metals.
The RJC also acknowledged Runci, who will retire from the role of founding RJC chairman in December 2012. In recognition of Runci's outstanding leadership in the formation, development and current success of the RJC, as well as his overall service to the jewelry industry, RJC has invited its members to donate funds to the Diamond Development Initiative International (DDI). Runci serves as secretary and as a member of the board of DDI.
"All RJC members are encouraged to help further the important work of DDI International in recognition of Matt's pivotal contribution to the jewelry industry," said Michael Rae, RJC's chief executive. "I profoundly thank all those members who participated in the AGM process, either through their attendance in Paris or by lodging proxies. As a democratic institution ultimately governed by its members, member participation in the Council's AGM is vital. The RJC is very grateful also to the Union Française BJOP for their great support in generously hosting the RJC AGM this year," concluded Rae.


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Comprehensive New Releases of Geomagic Qualify 2013 and Geomagic Studio 2013 Respond to Customers' Needs for Increased Automation, Customization and Hard Probing in Production Lines
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Dryland: Stronger Shoulders for $2 and 6 Minutes Per Day
Grif Fig, of IHPSWIM.com, recently posted a great article on shoulder stability and prehab exercises. Prehab – rather than rehab – is the coined term for sports injury prevention – i.e., make the body strong and mobile with functional and sport-specific exercises as a way to prevent overuse/overtraining injuries down the road.
Grif's post shows a demo of these exercises using a flexibar. A similar piece of equipment is the Bodyblade. I don't know much about the flexibar, but a Bodyblade will cost you somewhere between $50 and $150, depending on the weight/size you want.
Use is simple: You push and pull on the pipe (basically waving it back and forth), which produces the oscillation or flex of the pipe, which then require force output from you to neutralize the speed and movement of the blade. You have to start, stop and change directions of your own body while controlling your mass.
Your athletes can get the same effect – at a much cheaper cost – through the use of PVC pipe. Here's what I've had my athletes do:
1. Go to Home Depot/Lowes/any sort of hardware store that sells PVC pipe.
2. Purchase 1/4 inch PVC pipe at a length somewhere between 7 and 8 feet (long enough to be flexible; short enough to be manageable). This will cost you less than $2.00.
3. Bring to practice. (Obviously, it's much easier if you can store these at the pool, once acquired.)
4. Daily, incorporate a prehab routine into your practice. There are a multitude of routines you can follow, but I've had my athletes on a very simple plan that took us about six minutes per day.
– 30 secs left arm/30 secs right arm — arm extended overhead
– 30 secs left arm/30 secs right arm — arm extended in front of body
– 30 secs left arm/30 secs right arm — arm extended out to side – palm forward
– 30 secs left arm/30 secs right arm — arm extended out to side – palm down
The benefits are enormous – athletes increase core stability, shoulder stability and improve their overhead and lateral range of motion. And incorporating these exercises with some regularity and self-discipline really does prevent shoulder soreness, pain and injury.
So, if you want less whining and "stretching" on the wall, and/or stronger and healthier athletes with far less susceptibility to injury, start some shoulder prehab – all you need is $2 for PVC pipe and 6 minutes per day.
(Note: Although the shoulder prehab routine described above is a bit different from typical use of a Bodyblade, click here for a video if you need a little more insight as to how it all works.)


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(Geneva) – The Australian government should immediately stop transfers of migrant children – including unaccompanied migrant children and child asylum seekers – to offshore processing sites in Manus Island of Papua New Guinea, and Nauru.
On November 21, 2012, Australia transferred 19 people, including 4 children, to Manus. The asylum seekers, from Sri Lanka and Iran, were the first transfers to Manus since the Australian government reinstated its offshore processing policy for asylum seekers in August 2012. Under the policy, asylum seekers are transferred outside Australian jurisdiction to facilities on the islands of Nauru and Manus to await processing of their claims.
"Migrant children are often survivors of traumatic journeys to reach Australia," said Alice Farmer, children's rights researcher at Human Rights Watch. "Australia is callously disregarding their best interests and failing to provide them an opportunity for refuge when it pushes them out of Australian territory."
Australia's policy violates its obligations to children under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which protects all children in Australia's jurisdiction, including non-citizen children. The convention requires assessment of "the best interests of the child" in all actions concerning children. The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has interpreted this to mean a comprehensive review of a migrant child's needs for immigration status and basic services by qualified professionals in a friendly and safe atmosphere. Transfer out of Australia's territory without such a determination fails this test, Human Rights Watch said.
The facilities at Manus and Nauru are expected ultimately to have a combined capacity of 2,100 people. Migrants, including children, may have to spend up to five years in Nauru or Manus. The government has also stated that unaccompanied migrant children – who travel without parents or other caregivers – will be among those transferred.
Amnesty International, one of the few independent observers to gain access to the facilities on Nauru, reported high rates of infection and mental health problems among the 387 migrants currently held there. On November 21, an Iranian asylum seeker attempted suicide at the Nauru facility, according to media reports. Australia has not yet started construction on permanent buildings on Nauru, leaving migrants in leaky tents during the sweltering summer.
Children's health is at risk on these isolated islands, according to the Refugee Council of Australia. Manus has one of the highest rates of malaria anywhere in the region, as well as other mosquito-borne diseases and relentless heat. Studies published in respected medical journals show that children held for prolonged periods in immigration facilities exhibit increased signs of declining mental health, including, anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
"In reinstating the offshore processing policy, Australia is putting at risk the lives and health of migrant children arriving on its shores," Farmer said. "These children have basic needs that can be best met in Australia."
Children fleeing persecution have the right to seek asylum, and Australia's offshore policies violate that right, Human Rights Watch said. Australia has ratified the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, which prohibits parties to the convention from penalizing refugees on account of their illegal entry or presence. Asylum seekers who enter Australia illegally, including children, need to be given an opportunity to have their refugee claims heard by a competent body before being forcibly returned. Neither Papua New Guinea nor Nauru yet has the capacity to provide appropriate asylum procedures for children, or legal assistance to unaccompanied migrant children.
The government has stated that it will transfer unaccompanied migrant children – children typically between the ages of 13 and 17 who travel without parents or other caregivers – to Manus and Nauru without exemption. Yet all unaccompanied migrant children are entitled under international law to guardianship and legal assistance with their asylum claims.
Unaccompanied migrant children often travel for months or years on risky paths to Australia, and are especially vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. Many are Afghan, Burmese, Sri Lankan, or Somali children orphaned or separated by war, thousands of whom arrive in Southeast Asia each year.
Under the new regulations, Australia will transfer unaccompanied migrant children out of their jurisdiction without adequate guardianship procedures in place. For the previous 10 years, unaccompanied migrant children arriving in Australia had become wards of the state. Before the child could leave Australia, the minister for immigration and citizenship would have to give consent in writing. The new regulations reverse this. Teenage children without families, far from home, will be left without anyone looking out for their interests.
Australia's new policy is not likely to act as an effective deterrent to boat migration, Human Rights Watch said. People willing to risk their lives in dangerous boat journeys face enormous obstacles in Indonesia and other countries in the region, pushing them to flee to Australia. In the month following the announcement of the policy change, more than 2,200 migrants arrived by boat in Australia. Australia intercepted two boats on the same day as the new transfers to Manus began, one southwest of Christmas Island and the other west of the Cocos Islands.
"Instead of taking a punitive approach to migrant children who arrive by boat, Australia should ensure that its migration policies protect children's rights," Farmer said.
The Migration Legislation Amendment (Offshore Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2011, passed by the Australian Senate on August 16, and by the House of Representatives the previous day, authorizes the transfer of asylum seekers who arrive by boat to remote Pacific islands, where they will remain indefinitely while their refugee claims are processed. Human Rights Watch considers the legislation to be discriminatory on its face and is almost certain to result in arbitrary detention.
Australia has long maintained a policy of mandatory detention of "irregular maritime arrivals." The reinstated offshore processing policy returns to the discredited "Pacific Solution" of the early 2000s. Refugee processing was closed at Manus Island in 2004 and at Nauru in 2008 after the Pacific Solution was criticized for being both costly and inhumane.
The Pacific Solution was designed to discourage "queue jumpers" by isolating them on remote islands where they would not have access to the legal and social support networks that they would have in Australia.Australia's reinstatement of this policy is fundamentally flawed because there is no queue: refugees and asylum seekers in Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia are often trapped in a long waiting game for legal status.
During years in limbo, refugees and asylum seekers in Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia have no legal status or right to work, are often without adequate schooling for their children, are subject to arrest, and face the prospect of indefinite, protracted detention in deplorable conditions. Only a small fraction is able to leave through orderly resettlement programs. Facing years of frustration, insecurity, and hardship rather than an orderly queue with a realistic prospect for resettlement, many choose to take enormous risks to travel to Australia by boat.


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The Pastor's Study: Cross-Word Dictionary and the CIA
It's been a while since our last installment of The Pastor's Study, but I'm grateful for some other pastors who have chosen to contribute to this series. This new installment comes from Levi Durfey, Pastor-Teacher of the First Baptist Church of Baker, Montana.
How I Use Accordance in My Sermon Preparation
While I use Accordance's user notes feature for short notes and quotes, I use iWork Pages for the writing of my sermon notes. This is partly because I like writing in one tool instead of using two and transferring from one to another, and partly because Accordance notes do not support Mac Services (Which I depend on for a very good clipboard utility named PTH Pasteboard and Joe Weak's Accordance services for copying and pasting verses from Accordance into documents).
So one of the first things I do is create a new Pages document. (If needed, I create a separate document for each chapter of the Bible.) This document is 5.75 inches wide so that it fits nicely beside Accordance. I then paste in the sermon text in English and Greek (using the Accordance services that Joe Weaks made). I use the parsing function in Accordance and print out the parsing for the passage for easy reference.
I also copy the English and Greek texts to another document, which I call my "Observation Worksheet." There I double-space the text and print it. At the beginning of my study, and continuing throughout the study, I use this sheet to jot down little bits of information, draw connecting lines, mark key words, etc. I find that my mental juices flow more easily at times with good old-fashioned pen and paper.
Cross-Word-Dictionary and the C.I.A.
I work through the text systematically, verse by verse. First, I read the whole passage aloud or silently and jot any new insights onto my Observation Worksheet (I do this after each verse).
Then I precede through the verse systematically, using the phrase, "Cross-Word-Dictionary and the C.I.A." as my guide. As insights come to me, I write them down in my notes. Here's my Accordance and Pages layout:
1. CROSS-references: One of my favorite Accordance features is how you can hover your mouse over a list of cross-references. When you do, it turns to a magnifying glass. Then you can click and select some or all the references. When you release the click, all those references open in a separate window. From there you can easily read through all the references without hovering over each one and reading it in the Instant Details box.
In terms of my study, doing cross-references first helps me see the wider Biblical picture first, before I get into the details of the verse. For my sermons, I usually pick only a few: ones that the congregation knows or should know or ones that would make a good Biblical illustration.
2. WORD studies: This step actually includes several parts. I work through the Greek, using the parsing sheet that I printed earlier. I look for any grammatical insights and connections.
Then I may look up some of the words in a lexicon. For in-depth study, I have a separate "Greek Lexicons" workspace with all my main lexicons opened in separate tabs. All I have to do is select the word, click on the "Favorites" icon and select the "Greek Lexicons" and it opens my lexicons to the appropriate word.
I often do a word search on the word to see how it is used elsewhere (right click on the word and select "Search For"). I have a tab named "Greek Search" set on recycle so it is used for every Greek search I make. Accordance allows me to open a parallel English text alongside the search results in Greek, so it isn't a hassle to quickly scan my search results.
This is also the step where I compare translations (for which I have a separate tab in Accordance) to see what other translators did with the word definitions and grammar in the verse.
3. Bible DICTIONARY: Is there an obvious topic or a cultural question? I try to make my first stop a Bible dictionary rather than a commentary. I have the IVP Dictionaries in Accordance as well as the Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible. I've put these into a group called "Dictionaries," so all I have to do is click the search icon on the Resource Toolbar to search all my dictionaries. It's nice that I don't have to wade through the whole article of each search hit in each dictionary, as the Search All window will just show the relevant parts of the articles where a hit was found.
Next I move on to the C.I.A.
4. Commentaries: I have separate tabs for the commentaries in Accordance. I don't want to see them too early in my study, so I don't keep them visible. I try not to just copy and paste. I read, and then try to put whatever interested me (or answered a question) into my own words.
5. Illustrate: It's miserable to get done with your sermon study and then have to find illustrations. If the week was too busy, you end up skipping them. So I try to illustrate as I go. I am not trying to find a neat story to entertain people, I want to illustrate the points and principles that I am finding in the text.
6. Apply: What are the implications for us? Again, I don't want to be left on Saturday trying to figure out applications, so I make it a point to try and find them as I go through the text.
After I work through a verse, I go back to my Observation Worksheet and read the text again to keep sight of the forest and start the process over with the next verse.
Concluding Steps
Another step, after I've worked through the passage completely and if I have the time, is to use FoxTrot Personal Search to search my past sermons and other articles and sermons that I've collected.
I will Search [All Tools] in Accordance. I love how I can search for a range, like Romans 9:19-24, and Accordance will pick up single references like 9:20 and 9:21, or even phrases like "verse twenty-two."
As a final step, I refine the notes and shape them into sermon form. I copy information that I don't need to the end of the document. I usually put Pages into full-screen mode for this, as I like being able to focus on just the sermon.
One inspirational quote that I keep before me is this (I've lost the reference):
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones was a gifted expositor who saw preaching not as "preaching a sermon for each service, but simply [as] continuing where he was in the ongoing exposition of a book of the Bible."
That's what I want to do. Accordance, because of its speed, its tool set, and its ability to help me focus on the Bible, is an integral part of my own ongoing exposition of the Bible.
Archived Comments
Dr. J
Excellent workflow! I commend it to others who may be looking for an effective way to prepare sermons.
With your IVP collection, I imagine you are using its background commentaries (IVP-OT Comm.; IVP-NT Comm.) to identify relevant cultural issues. I also recommend the ZIBBCOT/NT for that purpose—and they often include photos and illustrations that can help make the point clearer to congregations.
Your congregation is blessed!


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On the edge of a cratered road, a cortège-like procession of women solemnly makes its way towards the village cemetery. Takla, Amale, Yvonne, Afaf and Saydeh stoically brave the oppressive midday heat, clutching photographic effigies of their beloved menfolk, lost to a futile, protracted and distant war. Some of the women are veiled, others bear wooden crosses, but all are clad in black and united by a sense of shared grief. As they arrive at the cemetery gates, the procession divides into two congregations; one Muslim, the other Christian. Set against the backdrop of a war-torn country, "Where do we go now?" tells the heart-warming tale of a group of women's determination to protect their isolated, mine-encircled, community from the pervasive and divisive outside forces that threaten to destroy it from within. United by a common cause, the women's unwavering friendship transcends, against all the odds, the religious fault lines which crisscross their society and they hatch some extraordinarily inventive, and oftentimes comical, plans in order to distract the village's menfolk and defuse any sign of inter-religious tension. A series of chaotic incidents tests the women's ingenuity as they manage, with sass, to successfully stave off the fall-out from the distant war. But when events take a tragic turn, just how far will the women go in order to prevent bloodshed and turmoil?
(Synopsis courtesy of TFF 2011)
13 September 2011


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William Crawford has been developing web-based enterprise applications since 1995, including one of the first web-based electronic medical record systems and some of the first enterprise-level uses of Java. He is currently the Director of the Informatics Solutions Group at Children's Hospital, Boston, where he and his team are building open source Personally Controlled Health Record systems and tools for managing agile development projects in healthcare and regulated industries.
Before returning to Children's Hospital, Will was a policy staff member for eHealth issues at the US Department of Health and Human Services. He continues to be a thought leader in Personal Health Records, and has been involved with several high profile initiatives, advising Fortune 500 companies, the Federal Government, and launching the highly successful PCHRI conference series. Prior to his government career, Will was Principal Software Architect at Perceptive Informatics, Inc., and Chief Technology Officer of Invantage, Inc.
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Clouds of smoke near the intersection of Canandaigua Road and Medina Road might not bring a response from area fire departments. Field fires in the area during the next two weeks will likely be part of the periodic prescribed burn at the Schoonover Waterfowl Production Area east of Canandaigua.
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17-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today:
Sunday, January 26, 1913: Went to Sunday School this afternoon. Besse was out.
Her middle-aged granddaughter's comments 100 years later:
Grandma's sister Besse was married and lived in nearby Watsontown. Sometimes Besse brought needlework or sewing along when she came to visit. For example, on August 9, 1912 Grandma wrote:
We had sort of s sewing bee here today. Besse was out and brought some of her stuff along.
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Fox Sports International is best known to soccer fans as the company that runs Fox Soccer Channel.
In related news, Setanta Sports USA has dropped the Premier League from its list of sports programming available on its network. The broadcaster, which is available in homes throughout the United States and Caribbean, removed all mentions of the Premier League from its site, including the TV schedule, and removed the list of scheduled Premier League games from its broadband site, Setanta-i. Meanwhile, Setanta Sports Canada still has the Premier League listed as part of its sports package.
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Each year we get the same chicken little story that the sky is falling. It has not and it will not.
Medical Doctor, author, speaker, media presenter and health industry consultant, Dr Joe Kosterich wants you to be healthy and get the most out of life.
Joe writes for numerous medical and mainstream publications and is also a regular on radio and television. He is often called to give opinions in medico legal cases and is an advisor to Reed Medical Conferences.
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St. Joe's CEO injures self in Mexico to avoid treatment at St. Joe'sFebruary 11, 2008 by The Humbug
St. Joseph Hospital Chief Executive Joe Mark confirmed Monday that he decided to fracture his skull in Mexico, instead of Eureka, because of what he called the "superior quality of health care" available in developing countries.
Mark and his wife, Peggy, both suffered moderate injuries Sunday in a zip-line accident in Puerto Vallarta.
Reached Monday afternoon by phone, Mark told the Humboldt Mirror that he was feeling "as well as could be expected," in light of the fact that his follow-up care would likely take place at the crap hospital he runs.
"It's not for nothing that Peg and I travel so much," he said. "In years past we've gone to Egypt to tour the pyramids and get bitten by poisonous snakes, to Kenya for a devastating safari-Jeep rollover, and even to Chechnya for an emergency appendectomy."
The Marks were expected to return to the U.S. Monday night, after the bulk of their medical treatment had been completed.
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Vikings owner Zygi Wilf, while saying he was disappointed with the 3-13 record after losing 17-13 to the Bears on Sunday, said that there would be "no radical changes among the football executives, including coach Leslie Frazier, for the 2012 season."
That likely means that all those who call the shots when it comes to football personnel will return, including Rick Spielman, vice president of personnel; Rob Brzezinski, vice president of football operations; George Paton, director of player personnel, and Scott Studwell, director of college scouting. But there could be some changes among the assistant coaches.
While members of the media continue to encourage the owners of the team to name a general manager, this is something the Wilfs haven't believed necessary, and Zygi refused to comment on that subject. But I wouldn't be surprised if a move is made before Zygi and Mark Wilf leave the Twin Cities on Tuesday, with Spielman being put in charge of the football said of the operations.
After going 6-10 last year and 3-13 this year, I have a hunch that the Wilfs will give strong consideration to giving more power to somebody in the organization, and the likely candidate would be Spielman.
While a loss to the Bears improved the Vikings' draft position -- they will pick third behind the Colts and Rams -- the Wilfs were pulling for a victory.
"You never know for sure how a draft choice is going to do," Mark Wilf said.
Zygi and Mark both made it clear that they are willing to delve into free agency to improve the team for next season.
"We will do anything necessary to make the Vikings a winner," said Zygi, who said he believes the Vikings personnel is better than the record indicates.
The fact that the Vikings went 0-6 in the division didn't make the Wilfs very happy.
As for the subject of a new football stadium, Zygi said that Arden Hills continues to be their No. 1 choice because of the parking availability and all of the other potential amenities that other proposed sites can't deliver.
However, Zygi said that the Vikings will be taking a look at all of the Minneapolis sites and investigating what they have to offer.Surgery goes OK
Adrian Peterson, who had knee surgery Friday, watched Sunday's game on television and, after watching Jared Allen get 3 1/2 sacks, put in a phone call after the game to congratulate his friend. Allen had a fantastic game and finished the season with 22 sacks, only a half-sack behind former Giant Michael Strahan's NFL record.
I got a chance to visit with Peterson after Allen got through talking to the great Vikings running back on his cell phone.
"Surgery went well, it was maybe an hour and 45 minutes, woke up and everything was fine," Peterson said. "So we'll get started with the recovery and start fresh."
Peterson was asked if Dr. James Andrews, the Birmingham, Ala., surgeon who did the operation, found anything unusual.
"Not really," he said. "The MCL was torn at a weird position, kind of toward the bottom, so he had to go in and kind of tweak that while they were fixing the ACL. But other than that it wasn't anything that stood out from other determinations with ACL and MCL tears."
About where he will do his rehab, Peterson said: "I'll be back in Minnesota. I'll actually be going back and forth [between Minnesota and Houston], but I'll still be in Minnesota throughout my rehab, get there and get comfortable with the guys -- Eric Sugarman and his staff."Fourth-quarter problems
I don't know how many games this year the Vikings could have won -- they lost eight by seven points or fewer -- if the offense could have scored late in the game or the defense could have made a big stop in the fourth quarter.
Sunday was a typical fourth-quarter situation against a team that had lost five in a row. The Vikings gave up a crucial field goal in the quarter after allowing a first down despite having the Bears in a second-and-28 situation.
"I think Coach said at the beginning of the year that a lot of these games in the NFL come down to the last possession," Vikings linebacker Chad Greenway said. "Unfortunately this year -- maybe it's different from '08 and '09 -- we lost a lot of these games. Our biggest thing is all you can do is cleanse yourself of the season in the next couple months and then come back next year rejuvenated and ready to go and get better."Bad snap hurts, too
With longtime snapper Cullen Loeffler injured, fill-in Matt Katula made a bad snap on a Ryan Longwell field goal attempt from the 23-yard line with the score 17-13 for the Bears with 5 minutes, 15 seconds to play.
Loeffler had been almost perfect as a long snapper until he injured his back and Katula, who had been idle this year, replaced him.
This was another case where a field goal could have put the Vikings in a position to win the game with another field goal on their next possession.
"That's something where the more you work together, the more comfortable of a rhythm you get," said punter Chris Kluwe, who also is the holder.
"Obviously with me, Ryan [Longwell] and Cullen being together for so long we have a rhythm. Matt came in and did a great job.
"I could have handled it a little better. It's on both of us, but like I said it was unfortunate that I just couldn't get it down and let Ryan do his job.
"It's disappointing. Hopefully we'll do better next year."
As with the failure of the defense to come through, this bad snap hurt the chances for the Vikings to win the game.Kleinsasser's last game
Tight end Jim Kleinsasser played in his last game after 13 years with the Vikings.
"It wasn't quite as emotional as I thought it would be,'' Kleinsasser said. ''I got a little emotional, but in the game guys were fighting, it was a good game to be a part of. That's all you can expect from guys. We came out there, we competed. It would have been nice to have a win, but I feel content with everything. Sometimes it doesn't go the way you draw it up. I can't be second-guessing anything about how lucky I am because I've been very fortunate."
And Kleinsasser was grateful to the Wilf family, who provided 120 tickets to the game for the people who came down for the game from Kleinsasser's hometown, Carrington, N.D.
"The Wilf family was very gracious," Kleinsasser said.
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We spent New Year's Eve together eating Pei Wei take-out and a Star Wars marathon (well we watched the first two). After that it was a short 3 day work week and my last day at my old job was on Friday. I am going to miss the people that I worked with but I am excited for something new. This morning we met our new primary class, we are now teaching the CTR 5 class! I couldn't believe it but they are even cuter than the 9 year olds we had last year! We went to eat at TGI-Fridays this afternoon for lunch. It is really overcast day today so I forced Johnna to go to park and take pictures. She took this one of me and I was dying to try a new effect that I read about. What do ya think?
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Don M. and Laura Benson to Anh and Karine Nguyen Tuong, 281 Autumn Grove Court, Mill Creek, $158,900.
Donald H. and Maxine Z. King to Dominion Development LLC, 3265 Gateway Circle, Glenmore, $128,000.
Stephan Hawranke to John S. and Sheila A. Koski, 5.992 acres on Langhorne Road, Beaver Creek, $65,000.
Albert E. Rhodenizer III to Alexander R. Mednikov, unit in Turtle Creek condominiums, $112,000.
William and Doris K. Fountain to Donna M. and William E. Clark Jr., 485 Ivy Farms Drive, Ivy Farms, $505,000.
Jesse Nelson and Hattie Mae McDaniel to Gary N. and Kevin D. McDaniel, 32.60 acres on Burnt Mill Road and l/3 interest in 457.80 acres near Gilbert's Station, gift.
Mehdi Akbarzadeh and Kobra M. Ershadi to Alan Asef, 1104 Cottonwood Road, Wildwood, $184,900.
Eric and Melanie Q. Strzepek to Gordon G. and Martha T. S. Brown, 142 Quince Lane, Willoughby, $119,500.
Carolyn H. Dickinson to Brian W. and Carolyn Z. Behm, 937 Canvasback Drive, Redfields, $198,900.
Robert Hauser Homes Inc. to Willistine Pritchett, 3412 Turnberry Circle, Springridge, $303,950.
Daniel J., Dennis J., and Derrick J. Harris to Eric P. and Melanie Q. Strzepek, 111 Landin Circle, Willoughby, $198,500.
Geraldine Fray Haney to Michael H . and Sheila R. McClung, 35 acres on State Route 641, $400,000.
Empire Management and Development Co. to VanDerLinde Housing Inc., three lots on U.S. Route 29, $2,270,000.
Judith M. Simpson to Douglas L. and David Morris, Trustees, 25 Ednam Village, $550,000.
Robert Hauser Homes Inc. to Charles A. and E. Jennifer Monaghan, 2164 Loring Circle, Dunlora, $309,950.
Craig Enterprises Inc. to Peter C. and Sharon K. Ekstrand, 4990 Lake Tree Lane, Western Ridge, $316,469.
Southland Hmes Inc. to Carol D. and Benjamin M. McCauley Jr., 1745 Verona Drive, Fontana, $325,700.
Craig Enterprises Inc. to Carolyn H. Dickinson, 1265 Courtyard Drive, Redfields, $249,638.
John W. and Shirley Anne Andrews to Shirley Anne Andrews, 660 Explorers Road, Key West, gift.
Charles E. and Catherine M. Huff to David W. and Simone Alley, 2040 Brownstone Lane, Still Meadow, $390,000.
Jeanne Snow Burnett to Rebecca D. Snow and Roland F. Burnett, 1331 Orchard Drive, Orchard Acres, gift.
Robin D. and Timothy J. Kaufmann to Jeremy C. and Lindsey J. Theiss, 102 Towler Place, Willoughby, $187,500.
Clyde E. and Lisa M. Smith to Stephen W. and Tracy H. Walker, 3880 Albino Lane, Running Deer subdivision, $270,000.
James Seale, Trustee, to Gregory J. Paquin, et al., 5,.97 acres on State Route 684 near Crozet, gift.
Kenneth N. and Susan T. Haas to Nancy Davis Imhof and Arthur and Susan Woolerton, 7.59 acres at 1512 Buck Mountain Road, Earlysville, $455,000.
Skyline Home Builders LLC to Robert H. Harris Jr. and Lyn P. Deane-Harris, 4.075 acres at 1245 Mawyer Farm Lane, $635,000.
Verulam Farm Limited Partnership to The Rocks LLC, 626.960 acres south of U.S. Route 64 and State Route 637, $6,100,000.
Jane R. Rolleson to The Rocks LLC, parcel, $100,000.
Charles H. Ewald to The Rocks LLC, parcel, $100,000.
J. Hiram Ewald to The Rocks LLC, parcel $100,000.
Kathryn E. Adams to The Rocks LLC, parcel, $100,000.
Greater Charlottesville Habitat for Humanity to Charles C. Heilman, 11.026 acres on U.S. 64 and State Route 682, $70,000.
Donald A. and Jan D. Tartoni to Christian Aid Mission, 1614 Merano Lane, Fontana, $349,500.
George B. Cleveland to George B. Cleveland Jr., 4.0 acres south of State Route 6 near Scottsville, gift.
George B. and Virginia M. Cleveland to Fonda C. Haley, 1.94 acres at 935 Mountain Vista Road, Scottsville, gift.
Larry B. and Barbara Hall to Erica L. Hall, 1949 Northside Drive, Springfield, gift.
S. Vance Wilkins Jr. to Quarries LLC, 11.156 acres at 8624 Schuyler Road, Schuyler, $16,400.
Robert M. Hauser, Trustee, to Robert Hauser Homes Inc., two lots in Dunlora, $103,000.
Rosamond G. Rogers to KCHC LLC, 2607 Bonny View Lane, North Garden, $290,000.
Robert Hauser Homes Inc. to Roderick L. and Jacquelyn M. Vawter, 344 Shepherds Ridge Circle, Rivercrest, Dunlora, $372,950.
Gerald Chaffee to Lori D. Carrara, 996 Salisbury Square, Stonehenge, $135,000.
Robert M. Hauser, Trustee, to Robert Hauser Homes Inc., lot in Rivercrest at Dunlora, $130,000.
A.M. Nichols, Trustee, to Church Hill Development Co., 5.5063 acres in Fontana, $300,000.
Teresa M. Haller and Sarah M. Bingham to Dinah H. Nieburg, 1648 Stoney Creek Drive, Mill Creek, $231,500.
Ruth S. Emlet to Derek Leach, 1078 Amber Ridge Road, Highlands at Mechums River, $152,000.
Earl H. Burton, Trustee, to James B. Spence III, Trustee, lot in Deerwood, $55,000.
Ellie Y. and William D. Tucker III and Yvonne and Mary Ann Barnes to Megan K. Chumley, 1218 Chatham Ridge, RiverRun, $85,000.
James D. Crenshaw to James E. Crenshaw, life estate in 3.171 acres on the west side of U.S. 29, gift.
JaZan LLC to Mitsu Jane Fink, unit in Turtle Creek condominiums, $83,000.
R.D. Wade Builder Inc. to Jerremiah W. Lanford, 1190 Redfields Road, Redfields, $273,445.
Rio Square LLC to Michael A. Gaffney, two lots in Rio Square, $180,000.
Anne N. Dean to Kathleen D. Nichol, condominium unit at 589 Pebble Creek Court, gift.
Robert M. Hauser, Trustee, to Patricia W. Earle, 1212 Townbrook Crossing, Rivercrest of Dunlora, $313,250.
Stephen W. and Tracy H. Walker to Margot Carney, 1025 Towne Lane, Village Square, $165,000.
Danny E. and Jennifer Boothe, et al., to Troy K. and Jennifer L. Stickel, 106 Woodlake Drive, Four Seasons, gift.
Janet Williams to Liberty Homes Inc., 8.04 acres on State Route 602, 4.5 miles northwest of Howardsville, $35,000.
R. D. Wade Builder Inc. to Christopher and Jennifer C. Hutchinson, 2070 Weatherwood Drive, Springridge at Forest Lakes, $204,950.
Richard E. and Marcia A. Brown to Crystal McGee, 974 Laurel Glen, Redfields, $259,000.
Donald M. and Bella A. Medley to Anne M. Lemley, 546 Worthington Drive, Ednam, $357,500.
John A. Cuthrell et al., to One Thousand One Kilsyth Road Co., unit in Solomon Court Condominiums, $66,000.
Federal National Mortgage Association to Lindsey Schwab, .084 acres at 460 Rocky Hollow Road, $228,000.
F. Troost Parker III, Trustee, to Sarah P. Hendley and Alice P. Turner, Trustees, 5.286 acres in Ednam Forest, $879,300.
Charles D. Belt and Judith A. Quick to J. Scott and Heather D. Anderson, 2925 Idlewood Drive, Woodbrook, $269,000.
Forest Lakes Associates to Robert Hauser Homes Inc., lot in Willow Bend, Forest Lakes, $62,803.
Sheldon D. and Elizabeth H. Lu to Mary E. Wiley and Leslie D. McFaden, 1776 Meadowview Lane, Advance Mills Estates, $230,000.
Ollie E. and Avis S. Morris to Jennifer L. and Edward F. Galvin III, 1.7 acres at 4196 Millington Road, Free Union, $185,000.
Mark A. and Marlene M. Mayberry to Brandon J. Gaetino and Katherine D. Szabo, 4616 Heather Court, Briarwood, $138,500.
James L. Locke to Leonard and Gerald E. Goodwin, 2051 Commonwealth Drive, Westfield, $116,000.
Jeffrey A. Claridge to Amy Eichenberger, 1640 Stoney Creek Drive, Mill Creek, $203,000.
Mary X. Hanna to Byungkyu Park and Yejin Yim, 1543 Broad Crossing Road, Hollymead, $221,000.
William C. and Lisa G. Nuckols to Mary X. Hanna, 308 Parkwood Place, Woodbroook, $249, 900.
Clarence V. and Frances O. Easter to William and Lisa Nuckols, 520 Eastbrook Drive, Woodbrook, $315,000.
Barry Meade Homes LLC to Clarence V. and Frances Easter, 133 Deerwood Drive, Deerwood, $224,250.
Kostich Construction Co. to Shana M. and Roger A. Toth II, 155 Deerwood Drive, Deerwood, $241,950.
Ellen P. Soroka to Ryan P. Estes, 1.49 acres on State Route 20, 3914 Stoney Point Road, Keswick, $155,000.
F. Troost Parker III, Trustee, to Sarah P. Hendley and Alice P. Turner, Trustees, 5.286 acres in Ednam Forest, $879,300.


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WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday ordered the military to recertify all 25,000 people involved in programs designed to prevent and respond to sexual assault, an acknowledgement that assaults have escalated beyond the Pentagon's control.
He said this step, which also applies to the military's approximately 19,000 recruiters and must be completed by July 1, is one among many that will be taken to fix the problem of sexual abuse and sexual harassment within every branch of the military.
At a news conference with Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Hagel said he believes alcohol use is "a very big factor" in many sexual assault and sexual harassment cases, but there are many pieces to the problem.
He and Dempsey spoke one day after all of the military's leadership were summoned to the White House to discuss the sexual assault problem with President Barack Obama, who has expressed impatience with the Pentagon's failure to solve it.
At his Pentagon news conference, Hagel said it has become clear to him since taking office in February that holding people accountable for their actions is important, but simply firing people is not a solution. He said he gets a lot of advice on that.
He said some ask him, "Well, why don't you just fire some people?" He said his answer is, "Well, yeah, we could do that. And, you know, who are you going to fire?"
Hagel signed a one-page memorandum addressed to the uniformed chiefs and civilian heads of each of the military services requiring that the credentials and qualifications of all recruiters, sexual assault response coordinators and sexual assault victim advocates be reviewed to ensure that they meet current standards. They also will be given refresher training on professional ethics and the impact of violations.
"I am concerned that this department may be nearing a stage where the frequency of this crime - and the perception that there is tolerance of it - could very well undermine our ability to effectively carry out the mission, and to recruit and retain good people," Hagel wrote.
A catalyst for congressional outrage has been the disclosure in recent days of at least two cases in which a military member with responsibility for sexual assault prevention programs has himself been accused of sexual misconduct. Cases of sexual assault allegations against military recruiters also have arisen recently.
Dempsey, who has been among the most outspoken Pentagon official on this topic, called sexual assault in the military "a crime that demands accountability and consequences."
"As the president made clear to us yesterday, we can and must do more to change a culture that has become too complacent," Dempsey said. "We have a serious problem that we must solve: aggressive sexual behavior that rips at the bond of trust that binds us together."
Earlier Friday, the Air Force's top general said that sexual assaults in his branch of the military typically involve alcohol use and can be traced to a lack of respect for women.
"We have a problem with respect for women that leads to many of the situations that result in sexual assault in our Air Force," Gen. Mark Welsh told reporters in a lengthy interview in his Pentagon offices.
Welsh said combatting the problem, which he characterized as a crisis, is his No. 1 priority as the Air Force chief of staff. He said he reviews every reported case of sexual assault; last year there were 792 in the Air Force.
Welsh addressed criticism about his comment last week, in response to questions at a congressional hearing, that the problem can be explained in part by a "hook-up mentality" in the wider society. Some said his remark implied that the blame rests mainly with victims.
"If I had this to do over again, I would take more time to answer the question and not try to compress it," he said, adding that his point was that every person who enters the Air Force needs to be instructed in "this idea of respect, inclusion, diversity and value of every individual."
"Now, I didn't say it that way in the hearing, and I wish I had because I think it gave, especially victims, the opportunity for someone to interpret what I said as blaming the victims," he said, adding that as a result, "I am sorry about that because there is nothing that is farther from the truth."
Obama said after Thursday's meeting with the military leaders that he is determined to eliminate the "scourge" of sexual assault in the military, while cautioning that it will take a long and sustained effort by all military members.
"There is no silver bullet to solving this problem," Obama said.
"We will not stop until we've seen this scourge, from what is the greatest military in the world, eliminated," he told reporters.
Senior military officers are speaking about the problem with increasing bluntness and expressions of regret. Dempsey, the Joint Chiefs chairman, on Wednesday called it a "crisis" in the ranks, and on Thursday the Army chief of staff, Gen. Ray Odierno, publicly acknowledged his service's efforts are "failing."
"They care about this and they are angry about it," Obama said.
"Not only is it a crime, not only is it shameful and disgraceful, but it also is going to make and has made the military less effective than it can be," the president said.
Those summoned to the White House by Obama included not just Hagel, Dempsey and the chiefs of each military service but also the civilian heads of each service and senior enlisted advisers.
"I heard directly from all of them that they are ashamed by some of what's happened," Obama said.
The president added that because assault victims may be more likely now to come forward with complaints, the number of reported assaults may increase in the short run.
"I then want those trend lines to start going down because that indicates that we're also starting to fix the problem and we've highlighted it, and people who are engaged in despicable behavior, they get fully punished for it," Obama said.
The problem, which has plagued the military for decades, has been thrust to the fore by recent cases, including that of an Air Force officer who headed a sexual assault prevention office but was himself arrested for sexual battery.
On Thursday, Army officials said the manager of the sexual assault response program at Fort Campbell, Ky., had been relieved of his post after his arrest in a domestic dispute with his ex-wife. The program he managed was meant to prevent sexual harassment and assault and encourage equal opportunity.
"It is time we take on the fight against sexual assault and sexual harassment as our primary mission," Odierno said.
A Pentagon report last week estimated that as many as 26,000 military members may have been sexually assaulted last year, based on survey results, out of 1.4 million in the services.
That report, and a recent series of arrests and other sexual assault problems across the military, have triggered a rush of initiatives from the Pentagon and proposed legislation on Capitol Hill.
Associated Press writers Darlene Superville and Donna Cassata contributed to this report.


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Film and baseball fans have been following the saga of "Moneyball," based author Michael Lewis' book, for years now. The project has been started and stopped so many times it's hard to believe reports that it's actually going to begin shooting in July.
But Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill are poised to get to work this summer, with director Bennet Miller behind the camera with a script from Aaron Sorkin, reported Deadline Hollywood. This is all happening apparently because Pitt and others agreed to lower their upfront payday, bringing the film's budget south of $50 million.
"Moneyball" follows Oakland A's manager Billy Beane and his team as they prepare for the 2002 baseball draft. Being from a so-called "small market," the cash-strapped team starts every season at an economic disadvantage to powerhouses like the Yankees and Red Sox, and so Beane and his stat geeks sift through mountains of data trying to find inefficiencies in the market for baseball talent.
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The A's enjoyed great success relative to their payroll for many years, though they fell short of the game's ultimate prize, a World Series championship.
As much as we love the book, "Moneyball" is, on the surface, a terribly wonky, inside-baseball (sorry) look at the national pastime. And the subtext would sound even less appealing to test audiences: it's about economics, resource allocation and intellectual revolution.
Steven Soderberg tried in vain to get his vision of the book brought to the big screen, but when Sony realized that he wanted to make a docu-drama, they more or less ran screaming.
The eagerness to make this deal was no doubt spurred on by the success of "The Blind Side," based on another book from Lewis, which in addition to winning Sandra Bullock an Oscar, took in more than $250 million domestically. In the dopey, if-then, group-think world of Hollywood, they no doubt figure "Moneyball" will enjoy similar success because of its shared origins.
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Well over 300 staff members attended the annual SUL Holiday Party on December 18th at the Schwab Center. In addition to being a time to enjoy good food and toast the accomplishments of 2013, the holiday party provided an opportunity for University Librarian Michael Keller to recognize staff celebrating employment anniversaries.
35 years
Lynn McRae
Library Technology
John Rawlings
Humanities & Social Sciences
30 years
Judith Dean
Acquisitions Department
John Mustain
Special Collections
25 years
Kathy Kerns
Education Library
Brian Kunde
Acquisitions Department
Sharon Propas
Acquisitions Department
Barry Reuter
HighWire Press
Wayne Vanderkuil
Library Technology
Deni Wicklund
Academic Computing
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Lifar, Serge
Lifar, Serge sĕr´gā lē´fär [key], 1905–86, Russian dancer, choreographer, director, teacher, and dance historian, b. Kiev. Lifar studied briefly with Bronislava Nijinska, but he was primarily self-taught. In 1923 he joined the Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in Paris, for which he became premier danseur in 1925. He created the title role in George Balanchine's The Prodigal Son (1929). Lifar choreographed and staged Stravinsky's Le Renard (1929), and after Diaghilev's death in 1930 he joined the Paris Grand Opéra as principal dancer and ballet-master (1930–44). Celebrated for having revolutionized the French ballet, he is best known for his ballets Lucifer (1948), Phèdre (1950), Romeo and Juliet (1955), and Daphnis and Chloë (1958). Lifar is the author of many books on the dance.
See his autobiography (tr. 1970).
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Brethren (The Name)
Brethren is the only title used by the Anabaptists among themselves from the very beginning. In all the records (confessions, trials, wills, etc.) the name "Brethren" is applied to fellow believers again and again. Now and then in a special designation is added: thus there were Swiss Brethren, Moravian Brethren, etc.
The term "brethren" has actually become an earmark of the Anabaptists and like-minded Christians. Luther says in his Auslegung des Johannes-Evangeliums (1528-29, Erlangen ed., I, 437), "They (the fanatics) carry this beautiful, lovely word brethren in such misuse, that we can hardly use it any longer." Ludwig Keller shows that the name was used from the beginning among members of what he called the Old Evangelical brotherhood (dissident groups). It was adopted particularly by the Waldenses, Friends of God, and mystics of the Middle Ages (Keller, Reformation).
It is still in common use among the Mennonites in all countries as a term of address within the brotherhood, particularly among those who have retained the simpler and warmer type of piety.
The term "brotherhood" (Dutch, broederschap; German, Bruderschaft) has been used from the earliest times, as is logical, as a designation for the Anabaptist-Mennonite group by its own members, along with "Gemeente," "Gemeinde," and in English "church." Hendrik van Maastricht, who was put to death in 1534, said that Pieter Govertsz was considered to be a member of the "broederschap" (Verhooren), and concerning Hückelhofen in Jülich it is said that a "Bruderschaft" has been started, but it soon disappeared, viz., as a result of the severe edicts (Rembert). The term was quite commonly used in Holland in the mid-20th century, much less in other Mennonite areas. Among the Mennonites in Holland the word "Broederschap" in the 17th and 18th century was also used for meetings of the male members of a congregation for the purpose of voting, etc., as in Russia "Bruderschaft" came to mean the meeting of the voting male members of the congregation.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 278.
Keller, Ludwig. Die Reformation und die älteren Reformparteien : in ihrem Zusammenhange dargestellt. Leipzig: S. Hirzel, 1885.
Rembert, Karl. Die "Wiedertäufer" im Herzogtum Jülich. Berlin: R. Gaertners Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1899: 72.
"Verhooren en Vonissen der Wederdoopers, betrokken bij de aanslagen op Amsterdam in 1534 en 1535," in Bijdragen en Mededeelingen van het Historisch Genootschap 41 (Amsterdam, 1920): 175. Available in full electronic text at http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_bij005192001_01/_bij005192001_01_0005.php.
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Neff, Christian and Harold S. Bender. (1953). Brethren (The Name). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 1 October 2020, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Brethren_(The_Name)&oldid=147945.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 421. All rights reserved.
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Friday, January 20, 2012
Homemade Twix Bars - Yes, Please!
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27 comments:
- Becki's Whole Life said...
I loooove the caramel Twix bars. The shortbread crust on these looks great!
- January 20, 2012 at 8:15 PM
- the authentic nut said...
twix bars are one of my favs, thanks for the recipe! C:
- January 21, 2012 at 4:58 PM
- julie said...
OMG-I can't even fathom that such awesomeness exists that one can make themselves :) Can't wait for a snowy day to try these out myself.
- January 22, 2012 at 4:06 PM
- KENDRA BAILEY MORRIS said...
Good Lawd, I must make this! Twix bars are one of my favorite candies. Genius.
- January 23, 2012 at 9:18 AM
I love twix, especially the peanut butter ones. Any ideas on how to make it with peanut butter vice caramel?
- January 24, 2012 at 12:28 PM
I love Twix, especially the peanut butter ones. Any suggestions on how to make these with peanut butter vice caramel?
- January 24, 2012 at 12:29 PM
- The Three Little Piglets said...
Those look a million times better than a real Twix bar! They would so not last long in my house...
- January 25, 2012 at 7:52 AM
- Angela said...
These look delightful!!! Thanks for sharing!
- February 2, 2012 at 7:02 PM
- tegel outlet said...
Looks so beautiful .. Thanks for sharing
- March 1, 2012 at 12:38 AM
- Restaurant Bruges said...
really a awesome dish i love it a lot
- March 9, 2012 at 3:16 AM
- Silver Jewelry Jaipur said...
a very nice post i like it a lot great one
- March 9, 2012 at 3:24 AM
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what a awesome and really a amazing post
- March 9, 2012 at 3:25 AM
- drika34 said...
Looks delicious!
- June 17, 2012 at 3:50 PM
- sally @ sallys baking addiction said...
I am SO glad I found your blog on RecipeNewZ! Who knew twix bars were SO easy to make? I can't wait to try them! :)
- June 18, 2012 at 8:37 AM
- Celeste said...
Thanks everybody for the sweet comments! You guys rock! :)
- June 25, 2012 at 9:52 PM
- livismomma said...
Do you think you can you caramel in a jar and add the cream or do you have to use the candies??
- June 28, 2012 at 8:50 AM
- Celeste said...
Hi Livismomma! Thanks for your comment. I've honestly never worked with the caramel in a jar...You'll just want to make sure that the caramel hardens up enough so that you can cut the dessert into bars. Caramel from a jar might be a tad too soft.
- June 29, 2012 at 10:12 AM
- Sarah @ Miss CandiQuik said...
I'll take one please! These look awesome...they remind me of these homemade snickers bars I have made. Might have to add these to my "collection"...Thanks for sharing! (Found you through recipenewz)
- July 9, 2012 at 9:23 AM
- Michelle said...
I just made these and I can't wait for them to set up...I think I'll double the caramel next time though. Thanx so much for sharing
- July 13, 2012 at 7:46 PM
- Celeste said...
Thanks Sarah and Michelle! :)
- July 15, 2012 at 8:56 PM
Must it be that flour? Or would regular flour be ok?
- September 28, 2012 at 11:46 PM
- Arlindaus said...
What brand of caramel candy did you use? I could only find caramel topping and it did not set thick at all.
- October 18, 2012 at 8:26 PM
- Arlindaus said...
The flavor is great. I did not have the caramel pieces so I used the topping and it was too loose; it did not set up with the thickness of yours in the picture.
- October 18, 2012 at 8:56 PM
- Kate McR said...
These are really good. WARNING: be careful cutting them!! I almost impaled myself trying to cut them - even using a sturdy butcher's knife! I would recommend letting them sit out of the fridge for 20 minutes before trying to cut them (they had softened quite a bit by that point) and heat your knife!
- December 19, 2012 at 3:08 PM
Just made these tonight and they are AMAZING!!! I'm still waiting for the chocolate to set completely but I snuck one. :) I used regular bleached flour and the shortbread turned out just great! For any of you wondering what caramel to use, I used the Werther's chewy caramels. 1 package is enough for a thin layer but I recommend 2. Thanks for the recipe. Can't wait to pass these out to the neighbors-if there are any left!
- June 19, 2013 at 11:26 PM
- Celeste said...
Thanks to you all for your comments and feedback! :)
- July 1, 2013 at 2:02 PM
I tried these using homemade caramel made with butter, brown sugar and sweetened condensed milk. It was out of this world. 1 can of Eagle brand, 2 sticks of butter and 1/3 c. dark brown sugar made enough caramel for two batches. They were the most amazing bar cookies I've ever eaten. I never made the second batch, just nibbled on the caramel by the spoonful!
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Located in the east of Turkey, Kars has been a settlement since 9000–8000BC. This beautiful old city is also famous for its honey and cheese. Let's have a closer look at this Caucasian border city.
Average time from airport: 10 minutes
Distance from airport: 7 km
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Anniversary: Americans with Disabilities Act
Saturday, July 25, 2020
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a major civil rights law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability in the private and state and local government sectors. The ADA requires access to programs and services, transportation, the built environment, employment, and communication. Under the ADA, the Board develops and maintains accessibility guidelines for the construction and alteration of facilities covered by the law, as well as guidelines for the design of transportation vehicles. These guidelines serve as the basis of standards used by other agencies to enforce the ADA's design requirements.
Signed by: George H.W. Bush
Date signed: July 26, 1990
Public Law: 101-336
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Manu O. Platt, Ph.D.
Manu O. Platt, Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the Georgia Institute of Technology Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Platt earned his B.S. in Biology from Morehouse College in 2001, his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering in 2006 at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Biological Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is the recent recipient of the Georgia Tech BMES Eagle Award, the Georgia Distinguished Cancer Scientist Award, an NIH/International AIDS Society Scholarship, a FACES Career Initiation Grant, a UNCF/Merck Postdoctoral Science Research Fellowship, HHMI – Emory University Teacher-Scholar Award, and a NASA Harriett G. Jenkins Pre-doctoral Fellowship. He has authored 11 peer-reviewed publication in seven years, including five first-author publications and one senior author publication.


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1) The power of darkness now hangs on when used.
2) Changed the reward in the ursa caves:
Box of Success (Contains a random number of points) - from 1m to 1.5m holic(gen) points
Box of Failure (Contains a random number of points) - from 100k to 500k holic(gen) points
3) Now you can place up to 5 creatures in the Creatures Formation (You need to learn the skill on the basic profession)
4) In all the dungeons, the amount of HP increased in the heart of the dungeon.
5) In Katan and Laksy, the following npps are fixed:
Pyloric Gatekeeper
Arena Merchant
6) Fixed bug when first entering the character
7) The number of monsters in the "Mysterious World (Farming Zone)" location is raised
8) In 2 times the experience was raised from the monsters in the location "Treasury of Spirits"
9) Added titles [RZWOW]:
[RZWOW] Number One
Bonus - +50 to all characteristics.
Requirement - Get the 200 level of the character.
[RZWOW] Seriously? OO
Bonus - +200 to all characteristics.
Requirement - Put ent s1 in the creatures formation.
[RZWOW] The Workaholic
Bonus - Tax on the sale of non-ethereal items with one button is 50% less. (At the time of sale, the title must be active)
Requirement - Use the item "Sickle [RZWOW]". This item very, very rarely falls out of monsters
10) Of all the monsters before 1.06.2017 will fall out:
St George's Ribbon - Increases all character's characteristics +50 for 2 hours
Red Star - Reduces all damage taken by 5% for 2 hours
11) The training island is now a zone to raise the level of 180-190 +
12) Blacksmiths are added boxes of 10m holic(gen) points for the possibility sell points.
13) For a blacksmith for 2b holic(gen) points you can buy a card of a tamed ent ( ent pet buffer ).
14) The maximum level is now 205.
15) From the "Box with wings RZWOW" (You can buy from a coin exchanger for 10 coins of asura) now one of the following can also fall out:
Wings of the cherub (+25%, 3 socket) (30 days)
Bark of the Ancient Ent (24 hours)
Novice Ring (7 days, +100 to all characteristics, similar to the dragon's ring)
16) "Skill Card Sets Kits +10" added to the online store
Also, due to the fact that the update has been delayed, we extend the time for:
Experience х3000
Drop x3000
Buff +999
Discount in the cash shop 20%
Until May 14, 2017 inclusive! Have a good game!
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The Impact of Instructing Self-Questioning in Reading Literary Texts
This study sets up to address two research questions: 1) the effect of teaching students self-questioning strategy while reading literary texts on students' ability to do so independently and 2) the effect of using this strategy on improving their comprehending of literary texts. To this end, 32 participants were taught self-questioning strategy using Dubravac and Dalle's (2002) model of question types. Findings suggest that students were able to ask questions independently at the end of the experiment. Furthermore, a paired t-test showed significant difference between the pre-test and post-test means of the participants. The finding of this research can have some implications for teaching literature to ESL students.
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The JavaFX Composer
For complex or detailed window layout, such as data entry forms or other detailed displays, the JavaFX Composer makes the task quick and easy. The Composer tool is installed as a NetBeans plug-in, available via the Plugins window (see Figure 1). The "Palette" -- in the upper-right corner in Figure 4 -- contains the available JavaFX Controls, Shapes, Containers, Effects, and other components that can be dragged onto the window you're designing. You can then drag the components around on the window for precise placements, and size them appropriately.
When a component is selected, its programmable properties are displayed in the "Properties" editor -- the lower-right corner of Figure 4. Here you can set properties such as the name of the component, label text, and methods that are called when certain actions occurs (i.e. clicking a button).
The window shown in the Composer tool in Figure 4 is for the Library application I'll examine throughout this article. It contains three main lists -- one for all books in the library; a second for the list of library patrons; and a third to highlight books that are overdue. There are buttons to add new books and patrons to the library, as well as to allow patrons to borrow and return books. The data that populates these lists and enables all actions comes from a Java DB database, accessed through JDBC as with any Java application. Let's now take a deeper look at Java DB.
Java DB and the Library Application
Java DB, which is available with most Java Development Kit download bundles, Java EE download bundles, or as a separate download, is a robust relational database based on Apache Derby. The current Java DB release version is v10.5.3.0, which is based on Derby with the same version number. You can run Java DB in its own process, accessible to multiple network clients via the Java DB Client JDBC driver, or you can run it embedded within your application with the embedded JDBC driver. NetBeans contains a Services tab (next to the Projects tab that lists your development projects) that contains a section for Databases (see Figure 5).
When you right-mouse click on the Java DB entry under Databases, you can either start or stop the standalone Java DB server, modify properties of the Java DB server, or create a new database. When creating a database, you need to provide a name, along with a username and password to access to the database, and location to store the database files (see Figure 6).
However, we won't be using Java DB in standalone mode; instead we'll embed it within our application, and thus include all of the database creation code with the application code. When our Library application is run for the first time, it will create the database along with the users, tables, and indexes that we need. The advantage is that our application won't require a separate database installation process or any input from the user. The downside of embedded mode is that only one application can work with the database at a time. However, for certain applications, this choice works well.
For existing databases, NetBeans allows you to run queries to insert new data, update or view existing data, modify the database schema, and so on. First, you need to connect to the database. To do this, right-mouse click on Databases within the Services tab, and choose New Connection. Next, within the New Database Connection window, choose the driver named Java DB (Embedded), enter the path to the database files, and the username and password to access the database (see Figure 7).
Once connected, you can right-mouse click on tables within the database to view data, add columns, and perform other tasks. The results from queries are displayed within NetBeans, and can be edited in place (see Figure 8).
The JavaFX Library application we're building will include code to create and connect to a Java DB database. It does this through standard JDBC calls. For instance, Example 2 shows the code used to connect to an existing Java DB database named "librarydb".
Connection con = null; try { System.setProperty( "derby.database.forceDatabaseLock", "true"); String driver = "org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver"; Class.forName(driver).newInstance(); String url = "jdbc:derby:librarydb"; con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, "dbuser", "dbuser"); } catch ( Exception e ) { ... }
First, the code ensures that only one application can connect to librarydb at a time by setting the forceDatabaseLock property to true. Next, the code attempts to connect to the database with the URL jdbc:derby:librarydb, using the Java DB Embedded driver, org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver.
If the connect attempt fails because the database doesn't yet exist, an Exception will be thrown. At this point, to create the database, the code will simply append the text ;create=true to the end of the database URL, and once again attempt a connection. You can do this in the catch block of Example 2. As a result, Java DB will create the database and return a valid connection to it for our application to use. Next step: create the tables.
Our Library application contains three tables; the first named BOOKS; the second named PATRONS; and the third to map books to patrons who have borrowed them (named CHECKEDOUT). Figure 9 shows the tables, columns, and their relationships. When no books are borrowed, the CHECKEDOUT table will be empty. Otherwise when a book is borrowed, a row is added to the CHECKEDOUT table, and the CHECKEDOUT column in the BOOK table is set to the appropriate patron's ID.
These two relationships allow us to quickly know if a particular book is borrowed, get all of the books that are borrowed, as well as who borrowed them. Listing 1 contains the JDBC code to create all three tables.
static final String CREATE_BOOK_TABLE = "CREATE table APP.BOOK ("+ "ID INTEGER NOT NULL "+ "PRIMARY KEY GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY "+ "(START WITH 1, INCREMENT BY 1)," + "NAME VARCHAR(50)," + "AUTHOR VARCHAR(40)," + "PUBLISHER VARCHAR(40)," + "CHECKEDOUT INTEGER," + "ACTIVE INTEGER )"; static final String CREATE_PATRON_TABLE = "CREATE table APP.PATRON ("+ "ID INTEGER NOT NULL "+ "PRIMARY KEY GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY "+ "(START WITH 1, INCREMENT BY 1)," + "FIRSTNAME VARCHAR(25)," + "LASTNAME VARCHAR(25)," + "ADDRESS VARCHAR(40)," + "FINES DOUBLE, " + "ACTIVE INTEGER )"; static final String CREATE_CHECKEDOUT_TABLE = "CREATE table APP.CHECKEDOUT ("+ "ID INTEGER NOT NULL "+ "PRIMARY KEY GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY "+ "(START WITH 1, INCREMENT BY 1)," + "BOOKID INTEGER," + "PATRONID INTEGER," + "MONTHDUE INTEGER," + "DAYDUE INTEGER, " + "YEARDUE INTEGER )"; private void createTables() { this.execQuery(CREATE_BOOK_TABLE); this.execQuery(CREATE_PATRON_TABLE); this.execQuery(CREATE_CHECKEDOUT_TABLE); } ...
Let's dive deeper into the sample JavaFX Library application now to examine the code to query the database, add new books and patrons, and borrow and return books. We'll also see how these actions are mapped to user actions in the JavaFX application GUI.